Bob Dylan – Spirit On The Water (Guitar)

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I hear it's played in A with a capo on the first fret. You can play it this way if you just transpose a step down, but if you are ambitious you might like this tab, I created it for the piano. Enjoy! Bb F Bb E Eb Bb Eb E Bb . . . | Eb . F# . | Bb . Gm7 . | Cm7 . F . | Bb . Gm7 . | Cm7 .
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 Spirit on the water 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 Darkness on the face of the deep 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 I keep thinking 'bout you, baby, 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
  And I can't hardly sleep. 

 .    F         .     Bb 
 I'm travelling by land 

  Eb                                   Bb 
 Travelling through the dawn of the day 

  Eb               F#      Bb      Gm7 
 You're always on my mind 

  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb 
 I can't stay away 

  G 
 I'd forgotten 'bout you 

  Cm 
 Then you turned up again 

  D7       Gm 
 I always knew 

  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7 
 We were meant to be more than friends 

              Bb 
 When you're near, 

       Eb                        Bb 
 It's just as plain as it can be 

  Eb    F#           Bb       Gm7 
 I'm wild about you, gal 

      Cm7            F           Bb     Gm7   Cm7  F 
 You ought to be a fool about me 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 Can't explain 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 The sources of this hidden pain 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 You burned your way into my heart 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 You got the key to my brain 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 I've been trampling through mud 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 praying to the powers above 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 I'm sweating blood 

  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb 
 You got a face that begs for love 

  G 
 Life without you 

    Cm 
 Doesn't mean a thing to me 

  D7      Gm   
 If I can't have you 

  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7  
  I'll throw my love into the deep blue sea 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 Sometimes I wonder 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 Why you can't treat me right 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 You do good all day 
And then you do wrong all night
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 When you're with me 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 I'm a thousand times happier than I could ever say 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 What does it matter 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 What price I pay? 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 they brag about your sugar 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 Brag about it all over town 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 Put some sugar in my bowl 

  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb 
 I feel like layin' down 

  G  
  I'm as pale as a ghost 

  Cm   
 Holding a blossom on a stem 

  D7      Gm   
 You ever seen a ghost? 

  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7   
 No, but you have heard of them 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 I see you there 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 I'm blinded by the colors I see 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 I take good care 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 of what belongs to me 
Bb F Bb E Eb Bb Eb E Bb . . . | Eb /C# Cm7 F |
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F                                                   
 I hear your name 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 ringing up and down the line 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 I'm saying it plain: 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 These ties are strong enough to bind 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 Your sweet voice 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 calls out from some old familiar shrine 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 I got no choice, 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 can't believe these things would ever fade from your mind 

        G 
   I could live forever 

     Cm  
  with you perfectly 

   D7       Gm  
  You don't ever 

  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7  
  have to make a fuss over me 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 From east to west 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 ever since the world began 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 I only mean it for the best 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 I won't be with you any way I can 
Bb F Bb E Eb Bb Eb E Bb . . . | Eb /C# Cm7 F |
  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 I've been in a brawl 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 Now I'm feeling the wall 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 I'm going away, baby 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 I won't be back till fall 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 High on the hill 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 you can carry all my thoughts with you 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 You know my will 

  Cm7      F      Bb     Eb     Ebm   Bb 
 This love could tear me in two 

  G 
   I won't be with you in paradise 

  Cm 
   and it seems so unfair 

  D7          Gm  
  I can't go to paradise no more, 

  C9                             F7sus4/B      F7  
  I killed a man back there 

  F              Bb     F    Bb    F 
 You think I'm over the hill 

  Eb         Bb        Eb       F      Bb 
 Think I'm past my prime 

  Eb       F#               Bb          Gm7 
 Let me see what you got 

  Cm            F       Bb    .    Gm7  .  Cm7  
 We can have a whoppin' good time 
Final guitar solo:
    G                                                    Cm 
   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     . 

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                               D7                        Gm 
   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :     .     .     . 

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    C9                          F7                         Bb 
   :     .     .      .       :     .     .     .       :      

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